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Exhibition Review
China and Versailles [and Charlemagne]
09/2014 | 1338 | 156
Pages: 622-626
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Reviewer:
Pullins, David (Pullins, David)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Château de Versailles, Versailles, France
museums and institutions:
Aachener Domschatzkammer, Aachen, Germany / Rathaus, Aachen, Germany / Centre Charlemagne, Aachen, Germany
places:
Versailles / France
places:
Aachen / Germany
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Chinoiserie / Rococo / Chinese painting / Diplomacy / Chinese export / Porcelain / Sèvres porcelain
Illustrations
Attributed works:
60. Emperor Qianlong, by Charles-Eloi Asselin. c.1776. Sèvres hard-paste porcelain. 23.7 by 17.4 cm. (Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon).
Attributed works:
61. Merchants making up packages, with a Jesuit in conversation with a Chinese man, by Queen Marie Leszczynska in collaboration with several artists under the direction of Etienne Jeaurat. 1761. Canvas, 279.1 by167.5 cm. (Château de Mouchy, Mouchy-le-Châtel; exh. Château de Versailles).
Western art unattributed:
62. Pair of Chinese celadon baluster vases in French gilt bronze mounts. 14th century (porcelain) and c.1770 (mounts), 79 cm. high. (Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon).